Lens - The New York Times
Many thanks to James Estrin for featuring my work with the KIA on the Lens blog.
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Updates
Monocle
PEACE HOTEL IN MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
February issue of Monocle magazine. High-risk hotels. Text by Tristan McConnell.
Tripoli, Kabul and Mogadishu: perilous locations where room service comes with a bulletproof vest.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NEWS
Photos from a combination of trips, including a visit with opposition leader Riek Machar during his time in Nasir, South Sudan.
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE
A few of my images of child soldiers from Bentiu, South Sudan in the cover story by Klass van Dijken. Wordt Vervolgd is the Dutch version of Amnesty International magazine. Please click on the image below to see the complete September issue.
This a portrait of a boy age 15, on the street in Bentiu, South Sudan, June 19, 2014.
LensCulture's Emerging Talents 2014!
Excited to have my Women of the KIA work as part of LensCulture's emerging talent for 2014!
Al Jazeera
The child soldiers of South Sudan
Rebels and government forces in South Sudan use children as young as 12 to fight an increasingly brutal civil war. To view the photos from Bentiu, South Sudan please click on the image below.
One World magazine
SOUTH SUDAN'S 3RD BIRTHDAY
Text by Klaas van Dijken for One Wold magazine. If you don't read dutch, you can just look at the pictures ; ) Please click on the image to view the slideshow.
One World magazine
BURYING CHILDREN IN BENTIU, SOUTH SUDAN
Text by Klaas van Dijken for One Wold magazine. If you don't read dutch, you can just look at the pictures ; ) Please click on the image to view the slideshow.
Al Jazeera In Pictures
In Pictures: The hunt for al-Shabab
African Union troops continue their struggle to push al-Shabab out of Somalia.
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France 24
In photos: Tracking al Shabaab in Somalia
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MSF
SOUTH SUDANESE REFUGEES TREATED IN ETHIOPIA
I made a brief visit to the MSF hospital for South Sudanese refugees in Lietchuor, Ethiopia. A majority of the children that I photographed were suffering from either measles or malnutrition. According to an MSF doctor the health of the refugee children had deteriorated since their arrival in the Ethiopian refugee camp. The Ethiopian government is denying most journalists and photographers access to the camp. Please click on the image below to view the slideshow.
Magnum Photos Blog
Excited to see my 'Women of the KIA' story up on the Magnum Photos Blog. On top of being super excited to be chosen as one of Magnum's top '30 Under 30', I owe a HUGE thank you to those who helped to make this selection one of the top three for the '30 Under 30: People's Choice Award'. Please click on the image below to view the slideshow.
Al Jazeera in Pictures
In Pictures: Along the river
In a remote town in South Sudan, a team of doctors perform surgeries without electricity or running water. My text and slideshow for Al Jazeera. Please click on the image to view the full story.
LensCulture
Pleased to have my work on Women in the KIA featured on Lensculture.
The burned remains of a Nuer home in Juba, South Sudan
Black layers of soot coat the walls of Phar’s house. In the bedroom only the skeletons of beds remain standing amongst piles of charred belongings. The flames of the fire had been so intense that a light switch had nearly melted off of the wall. Dinka SPLA government forces had torched the house on December 16, in the predominately Nuer neighborhood of Mia Saba in Munuki West, Juba, South Sudan. Two months later the area still remains a ghost town as the Nuer community continues to seek refuge at two UN bases in Juba, which now shelter more than 45,000 civilians.
Al Jazeera
SOUTH SUDAN RAVAGED BY ETHNIC VIOLENCE
One of the most frightening experiences that I've ever had was walking through this abandoned Nuer neighborhood in Juba. Even though it had been nearly a month since the killings took place soldiers still wandered from house to house and evidence of violence was everywhere. After our third visit to the neighborhood we received a surprise visit from six heavily armed men from National Security. We were warned never to visit that area of the city again.
Text by Klaas van Dijken and a few of my photos for Al Jazeera. To see the full piece please click on the image below.
Fighting comes to Awerial, South Sudan
On the morning of January 22nd while out to photograph food distribution at the IDP camp containing over 84,000 people, three badly wounded SPLA government solders arrived at a clinic in Minkamen, Awerial, South Sudan. Fighting had broken out that same morning 25km south of the IDPs, once again causing people who had already fled their homes to run deeper into the bush for safety. A few hours later over 100 aid workers evacuated the area.
Boy shot in UN compound in Juba, South Sudan
On the 3rd of January Doctor Keah, age 14, was shot twice by the government forces, the mainly Dinka SPLA, while he was collecting water inside the IDP camp. The government soldiers shot down into the UN compound from a nearby construction site. The UNMISS compound now contains at least 17,459 people of the Nuer tribe who are seeking refuge in Tong Ping, Juba, South Sudan.
Breakfast
Breakfast is included with the $11/night room at "Obama's Afrikan Village", Juba-Nimule Rd, South Sudan, November 30, 2013.
Kapoeta to Torit
Early morning on the road from Kapoeta to Torit, escorted by Rwandan UN peacekeepers in Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan, November 29, 2013.